BROTHER VAN Illustration: WILLIAM WESLEY VAN ORSDEL But the Northwest knows him only as Brother Van ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ │ │ Transcriber’s Notes │ │ │ │ │ │ Punctuation has been standardized. │ │ │ │ Characters in small caps have been replaced by all caps. │ │ │ │ Non-printable characteristics have been given the following │ │ transliteration: │ │ Italic text: --> _text_ │ │ │ │ This book was written in a period when many words had │ │ not become standardized in their spelling. Words may have │ │ multiple spelling variations or inconsistent hyphenation in │ │ the text. These have been left unchanged unless indicated │ │ with a Transcriber’s Note. │ │ │ │ The symbol ‘‡’ indicates the description in parenthesis has │ │ been added to an illustration. This may be needed if there │ │ is no caption or if the caption does not describe the image │ │ adequately. │ │ │ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ BROTHER VAN By STELLA W. BRUMMITT Illustration: (‡ Colophon) NEW YORK MISSIONARY EDUCATION MOVEMENT OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA Copyright, 1919, by MISSIONARY EDUCATION MOVEMENT OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA To the Best Known and Best Loved Man in Montana BROTHER VAN CONTENTS Foreword I A Boy at Gettysburg II Explorers of a Continental Purchase III Westward IV A Sky Pilot’s Race Up the Missouri V Brother Van VI A Brother to the Blackfoot VII The Gospel Team VIII Scouting for Uncle Sam IX New Trails X Great Heart with the Indians XI Brother Van and New Montana XII Seventy Years Young ILLUSTRATIONS 1 William Wesley Van Orsdel, known as “Brother Van.”